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--- cartintegration:productcart:features [2010/09/28 18:41] – earlyimpact
+++ cartintegration:productcart:features [2011/10/17 12:31] (current) – earlyimpact
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 ====== SubscriptionBridge - ProductCart Integration: Features ======
 ===== Existing Features =====
   * Easily sell a subscription on your ProductCart-powered store by linking a SubscriptionBridge "package" to a product in your ProductCart store catalog
-  * Support the sale of recurring and non-recurring items at the same time (unless both items require shipping and/or taxes)
+  * Support the sale of recurring and non-recurring items at the same time (see details below)
   * Automatically show the subscription terms during checkout, without having to enter any information in ProductCart
   * Add a "Terms & Conditions" document that customers must agree to before purchasing the subscription
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      * At the product level (e.g. different document for different subscriptions)
-===== Planned Features =====
+{{:cartintegration:productcart:pcsb_mixcart.png|Selling one-time purchase items and subscriptions at the same time}}
+===== Limitations =====
+==== Mixed shopping cart ====
+There is a limitation in the handling of a "mixed" shopping cart. That is, SubscriptionBridge can handle the sale of subscription and non-subscription (one time purchase) items only when:
+  * All items are non-shipping and non-taxable (e.g. digital goods + technical support subscription)
+  * The non-subscription items are non-shipping and non-taxable. In this scenario, the subscription item can be taxable and shipping (e.g. vitamins, wine club, book club), but the other items in the cart must be non-taxable and non-shipping (e.g. gift certificates)
+The system **does not currently handle the sale** of subscription and non-subscription items at the same time **when all of them require shipping and handling**. This is due to the challenges of splitting shipping charges and taxes among the one-time sale and recurring billing profile. This limitation might be removed in the future.
+==== Additional Features and Product Options ====
+When a subscription package is associated with [[merchant_guide:features|additional features]], those would typically be presented as product options in the ProductCart store catalog. This, however, cannot currently be done in the SubscriptionBridge - ProductCart integration.
-  * Ability to handle SubscriptionBridge package "features"
+Our recommended approach is to present those features on the product details page or on a category page (long category description) and indicate to the customer that they will be able to add them to the subscription after they have subscribed to the product/service, by editing the subscription.
-  * Ability to print UPS and FedEx labels for subscriptions that require recurring shipments